Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-03-15
ANOTHER MASSACRE.
A Boston Railroad 1rain
Plunges Through "a
Bridge.
Thirty Persons Killed and Fully a
Hundred Injured.

Boston, March l4-It is reported that
q heavily loaded passenger train on the
Boston and Providence railroad met
with o terrible accident about z O'Clock
this morning between Rosllndaie and
Forestville. -Four cars are SAID to have
gone through the bridge and many
persons were killed. A wrecking train
has left here for the scene of the acci-
dent. Advices just received from the
scene of the wreck state that nineteen
bodies have already been taken from the
rains. AdvIces from the scene of the
accident indicate ~thirty-three persons
were killed and fortyiniured.
The accident occurred OF the Dedhsm
branch of the Boston and Providence
railroad, between Forest Hill and Ros-
lindale. at what is known as Bussey Park
bridge.
The scene OF the accident is about q
mile from Jamaica Plain, where the
Dedham branch is built through the
valley and the ~embankment for q dong
distance is a high one. South street
runs ~diagonally under the track of the
branch, and it was into this cut that the
cars of the train plunged from the bridge
| WHICH GTOBs6u IL.
The train was one which leaves Ded-
ham at 7 :05 and arrives in Boston at
7:40, and was one of the largest aud
heaviest on the morning list. The
bridge on which the accident occurred
was built OF iron and was called the tin
bridge by railroad men. The
accident was due to the giving
way of the structure under the
/ rpnYuht ~ kIn ~ upyn I~-I -.
to some hidden fault in the construction
three cars went over safely, but five
others fell through to the road beneath,
a distance of thirty feet, The five cars
are tutnbled into q complete wreck, moi
one OF the coaches escaping complete
demolition. The inmates of the smoker
were all either killed or injured, not one
escaping without injury of some kind
1t is remarkable that any person in the
cars escaped from death, as they are
SO completely demolished. Cushions
from the eeats are scattered over The
roadway and into adjacent pastures
while the car wheels and trunks are dis
tributsd in all direction in q mass oi
splinters. In the roadway are pools OF
blood and occasionally . portion of {
body can be found, while sometimes
there are pieces of flesh to be seen fasten
ed between timbers as if actually goueeo
from some victim. That the horrors OF
fire were not added to the terrible dis
saster was due TO the promptness witt
v hlch rsliet was sent. A chemical engin,
from Roslindale was at the scene within
twenty minutes after the wreck occurred
brought by q letter carrier who gave tn.
alarm upon observing the flames risipr
from the debris.
The following ls a list OF the killed
and those who have died of their injuries
Conductor Myron Tilden, of Dedham
Alice Burnett, of Roslindaie.
William johnson. of Roslindale,
Mrs. Hormlsdas Cardinal, OF Roslin
dale.
Mr.. Clapp. of Central station, Yves,
Roxbury.
Miss Norris, of West Roxbury.
Edward E. Norris, OF Dedham, freieh
clerk of the Boston and Providence raj!
road.
Edgar Id. Snow, OF West Roxbury.
Waldo B. Lailler, of West Roxbury.
Lizzie Vaudeville, OF Dedham.
Lizzie Walton, of Dedham.
William s. Strong (died after remova
to the hospltal.)
William E. Durham.
Stephen F. Houghton, OF Roslindale
Harry Gay, Of Boston.
Miss M. T.. Odiorde, of Dover, N. b
Ida Adams, of Boston.
Lizzie 81. Pierce. of Dedham.
Miss Sarah e. Ellis, of MedfieId.
An unknown women about 80 years o
age at the Grove street morgue.
Albert e Johnson, OF Boston.
Peter s. Warren, of Central Station.
4 Emma P. Hill, Boston,
Hattie j. Dudley, residence unknown
Laura Price, of West Roxbnry.
Il, Roeabelle WEIGH, Of West Roxbnry.
The following are the fatally injured
Joseph Metcalf, Of West Roxbury.
w. +. Bowman, engineer, of Dedham
Henry P. j. Earnshaw, (possibly), o
West Roxbury.
! Alice Adams, of Roslindals.
Mary Murphy, of Roslindsle.
John Murphy, (possibly) of Roslindale
w. w. Smith, brakeman OF West Rox
bury.
Webster Drake, conductor, of Ded.
ham.
1t is impossible to obtain an absolntel,
correct account of the number injured
but it will reach 100 or more. OF thes'
at least twenty-five are quite badl,
hurt and the remainder received onl,
slight bruises.
A curious feature OF the disaster il
found in the fact that the entire brido,